The Barracas Central Gazette
Squad3 Aug 2026
Iván Tapia has been here 11 seasons
240 appearances across 11 seasons in one shirt. Nobody builds a career like that on purpose any more; it happens to a certain kind of footballer at a certain kind of club.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Lucas Gamba, 39, rolls back the years — 7.83
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.83 at 39, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Market3 Aug 2026
Barracas Central say no — this time
The offer from Fjolnir for Gastón Silvero was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Lucas Gamba stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Lucas Gamba and Barracas Central agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Barracas Central
Gastón Campi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Gonzalo Maroni
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Barracas Central training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jhonatan Candia is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match1 Aug 2026
Barracas Central hit back inside 4 minutes
Banfield held the lead for 4 minutes, which is not long enough to enjoy it. Barracas Central answered before the celebration had properly finished, and the shape of the afternoon changed with it.
Market3 Aug 2026
Nobody at Barracas Central has picked up the phone to Jhonatan Candia
36 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
In brief
- Match Barracas Central and Banfield take a point apiece
- Market No place for Maximiliano Puig in the plan
- Player ratings Off the bench and decisive: Manuel Duarte